DNS Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Domain Name System (DNS)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring DNS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing DNS 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.73% - 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.09% - 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £435
25th Percentile - - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile - - £500
90th Percentile - - £515
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £588 £515
% change year-on-year -8.51% +14.08% +3.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Southampton

DNS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 11 28 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 8.03% 19.44% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 15
10th Percentile £128 £417 £262
25th Percentile £128 £500 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £154 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -71.95% +29.41% -5.56%
75th Percentile £273 £589 £550
90th Percentile £604 £681 £616
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +29.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £72.00 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -21.43% +19.15%

DNS
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DNS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

DNS job vacancy trend in Southampton

DNS
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing DNS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing DNS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing DNS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing DNS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Server Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware